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written 9/12/11; The TSA has gotten bogged down with the business of searching people and have forgotten what their real job which is Security. They have wasted money and resource and haven detected any real threat to american security in over 10 years.

Are employer mandates infringing on employee personal freedoms? The article talks about employers forcing employees to particpate in company health improvement programs. By mandating this kind of particpartion, the company can save money and at times imposed state or federal fines.

The article by Patrick McMahon shows pro's and con's for legalizing gambling. Proponents say that it would bring a huge amount of money in taxes. Critics on the other hand notice that gambling is addictive and should not get more support than it already has.

April 22, 2011: 4:24 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hey, rich folks! The American people are putting you on notice. They want you to pay higher taxes. Two new polls suggest there is broad support for raising taxes on households making more than $250,000 a year, and all in the name of deficit reduction.

Sorry, I didn't realize the comment was automatically added...I'm a little slow. This article discusses the percentage of Americans that agree the rich should be given the tax hike. It covers how lower income Americans would like the rich to cover the deficit.

Small business owners comment on the tax bill, stating that they are roughly 1 million of the people that will feel the tax increase.

This article discusses the additional taxes that the marrieds making over $250,000 a year and singles making over $200,000 will paying when the healthcare reform takes place.

In this article it explains how much money illegal immigrants and students it cost the Us taxpayers, annually.

In this article it explain how illegal immigrants do pay taxes, and how, and also most of which they might never get a chance to claim, and benefits the American citizens now.

This is another way for us to be taxed and tolled that it is for the good.

This is a neutral article on the SOPA law. It describes what SOPA is, who is opposed and who is for the law, and what the outcome of voting for the law was. It also gives some alternative ideas to secure the internet from piracy overseas, but not invade the privacy of our people.

The government threatened to take the military's pay away. They believed it would give them more money for budget cost. Why would the government even think about passing this bill while we were at war? Luckily, the bill was never passed, but it makes you think twice about what politics really care about.

There is a great concern that the correct assessment of the public's opinion of the forest management is not reaching the Forest Management Personnel, because of the special interest groups that have the time and money to prepare and present what the special interest groups want. These lobbists are great speakers and have the time and support to be at all meetings and present. The small public is not heard over the large group professionals.

Economic freedom is the freedom to produce, sell and use your own resources. It affects every part of our lives and has a way of being measured.

As bans on smoking sweep the USA, an increasing number of employers - primarily hospitals - are also imposing bans on smokers. They won't hire applicants whose urine tests positive for nicotine use, whether cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or even patches. Smokers are not only getting the cold shoulder from non-smokers it can now depend on whether they are able to get hired as well. Employers are now asking new hires if they are smokers or not, and if there is evidence in their urine of tobacco use it could damage their chances of getting hired.

This article argues that having to drug test all jobless Americans would be too costly. It would not be the best way to deter drug use. Another effective way to put that money to good use would be to offer counseling services instead.

There was a vote to determine weather or not welfare recipients should get drug tested. Most of the voters had voted yes.

This artical is about changing our nation completly. It explains how we can get rid of some stuff such as, guns, paper money values, ect., and that would lead us to a society of equals.

The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a fifth graders right to distribute invitations to her church's Christmas party. The school had banned the student from distributing the invitations citing the invitations contained religious materials. The court's decision was based on the First Amendment's right to free speech.

I agree that student's should be able to learn of and encourage the religious beliefs of their classmates. How do we expect to raise well rounded individuals if we raise them to treat religion with such a hush hush attitude?

Being in a public school system, no religion should be enforced at all. These were Christmas invitations, inviting the students to a church event imposing the Christian belief system. This could have been done outside of school or elsewhere. This situation would only be okay if it was conducted in a private religious school, where public money does not fund the institution.

It seems that same sex couples are taxable across the board just like every couple legally allowed to marry. The IRS sees a new stream of revenue. But what seems off is that the status and legal properties of marriage are still unsettled in a handful of states.

Article introduces the recent furry of notices being sent to small business owners suspected of under reporting cash receipts. Some argue that the majority of transactions are now electronic and that they are accurately reporting income.

Provides state by state breakdown of government assistance given to recipients. Shows growth of tax money being used per year. Discusses solutions and alternatives used by different countries.